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A Roman family was ran by the father and his authority was complete. No one could question it. The most wanted children were strong baby boys. The father could leave it out to die or keep it. At the age of seven to eleven, poor children would work but would try to go to school.Continue reading “Roman Family Life”

Moses and Aaron showed signs to the Pharaoh, but the Pharaoh doesn’t let the Hebrews go. So, God sent the first plague and turned the Nile River to blood. The second plague was frogs. Frogs came up out of the Nile and infested the land. The magicians could make more frogs but only Moses couldContinue reading “The Ten Plagues”

After the first Punic War, there was a very short war called the Mercenary War. Carthage won the first Punic War. Small battles broke out in Rome and Carthage, thus began the second Punic War. Hannibal was born in 247 and was the son of the king of Carthage. He grew up in the MercenaryContinue reading “Hannibal And The Second Punic War”

The fall of Israel began under the reign of Pekah. He tried to conquer Judah, but the king of Assyria ravaged parts of Israel. Hoshea was the last king, and he was a puppet king. He was forced to pay tribute to Assyria. When he didn’t send the tribute, Shalmanezer sieged Sumaria. After a three-yearContinue reading “The Fall of Israel”

Greece was one of the first civilizations. Most of the population were seafarers. The culture is named Minoans after king Minos. The writing was almost hieroglyphics. One of the most famous myths is of the Minotaur. King Aegeas had a son named Theseus. He wasn’t allowed to live in the palace but later his fatherContinue reading “The Early Greeks”

Solomon was the son of David and wasn’t the obvious choice for the throne. David made a co-regent with Solomon before he died. God appeared to Solomon and grants him one wish. Solomon asks for wisdom to rule his people. God granted his request and gave him wealth and power. Two women, each had aContinue reading “Solomon”

An angel told Mary that she would be Christ’s mother. Joseph was descended from David, so he took Mary to Bethlehem. Jesus was born in Bethlehem and the first people to see him were shepherds who were told to see Jesus. eight days later he was presented in the temple. Some wise men came oneContinue reading “Jesus Christ”

Plato and Aristotle had interesting lives. Plato’s teacher was Socrates. Plato was born in Athens and had two brothers and one sister. Plato was well educated and became a follower of Socrates. Plato was a mathematician and taught in the Academy. His teaching revolved around “forms”. Plato wrote Meno which was a dialogue between SocratesContinue reading “Plato and Aristotle”

The Roman gods where myths told to children and taught in schools. Rome copied most of the stories from the Greeks. If a mistake was made, they would restart the ceremony to fix it. The Romans would change the names of the Greek God’s to things such as the name of planets. Zeus was Jupiter,Continue reading “Roman Gods”

Queen Esther had a challenging life. Hadassah changed her name to Esther. She pleased the king and became queen. Haman was a descendant from King Agag, and he hated Jews. When he saw that Mordecai wasn’t giving him all the respect, he thought was due, he wanted all the Jews killed. Haman made a decreeContinue reading “Queen Esther”